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Multiplying Fractions

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  • Janet uses 5/8 yards of cloth to make a pencil case for herself. She wants to make 2 more pencil cases for her friends. What is the length of cloth she needs to make all the pencil cases?
    She needs 1 7/8 yards of cloth to make all the pencil cases.
  • What is 1/3 of 18?
    6
  • 3 x 2 1/2
    7 1/2
  • 3 x 1/5
    3/5
  • 4 x 7/10
    2 4/5
  • 2 x 1 3/4
    3 1/2
  • 5 x 4/6
    3 1/3
  • A bag of flour weighs 3/10 kilograms. Penny bought 5 bags of flour. What is the total mass of flour Penny bought?
    Penny bought a total of 1 1/2 kilograms of flour.
  • A string was 5 meters long at first. 5/6 of the string was used to tie some parcels. How many meters of the string was used to tie the parcels? Show 2 different ways to find the answer. Write your answer as a mixed number.
    5/6 x 5 = 5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6 =25/6 = 4 1/6 AND 5/6 x 5/1 = 25/6= 4 1/6 4 1/6 meters of the string was used.
  • 3/4 x 16
    12
  • Rope A is 5/6 meters long. Rope B is 4 times as long as Rope A. What is the length of Rope B?
    Rope B is 3 1/3 meters long.
  • A chef poured 11 cartons of chicken stock into a pot. Each carton contained 2/5 liters of chicken stock. What is the total volume of chicken stock poured into the pot?
    The total volume of the chicken stock poured into the pot is 4 2/5 liters.
  • 3 x 3 1/2
    10 1/2
  • 5 x 2 2/5
    12
  • 3 x 2 1/4
    6 3/4
  • 4 x 2 5/8
    10 1/2
  • 3 x 4 3/8
    13 1/8